The Star Wars Iconic Characters: Out of the Jungle.

[Arani Korden]

Re: back at the van

"Ah Arani who are you speaking with?"

"Birds, Sen. Very shy birds."

Frustrated, Arani stops and tries to figure out her next move.

Using her Sense Motive of +6, she'll try to figure out what the bird people are expecting from her.

 

[Jack Haggerty]

Once again trudging through the forest, Rorworr leads his war-band on toward the pirate's base. They reach the edge of a clearing were the trees and undergrowth have been recently burned away from the makeshift landing field. Above them, stretches a gravely hillside interspersed with meter-high vegetation already beginning to fill in the open ground of the blasted perimeter. The incline crests at a flat rocky ledge some 15 meters up from the wookiee's vantage point at the bottom of the slope. At regular 10 meter intervals along the edge of the ledge stand three meter tall metal poles topped with small fisted-sized spheres. Just beyond them, Rorworr can just see the rounded hump of a starship.

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Meanwhile, back at the van...

Sen, enhancing his natural senses with the flow of the Force, studies the surrounding forest for life... By sight, sound, smell and faint quiverings of the Force, he detects at least a dozen distinct small aviods hidng amongst the leaves and branches of the immediate vicinity.

Arani waits, assessing the the situation and trying to decipher the decidedly odd behavior of the little creatures. As she stands, she gets the feeling she's being watched. The little buggers haven't attacked yet, but neither have they openly offered assistance. They must be overly wary, cautious at the prospect of such alien beings dropping out of the sky. And who could blame them, if the pirates are the outside contact they've ever encountered. It seems to be a touchy situation that could drift in any direction.

Up amongst the trees, chitterings, twitterings, whistles faintly echo back and forth, as if they are trying to decide what to do with you.

 

[Rorworr]

"What are those, do you think?" Rorworr points at the spheres atop the poles. "Vidcams? Sensors? Defence system?" The wookiee digs his electrobinoculars out of his backpack and studies the devices.

 

[Sen Udo-Mal]

Sen will again stretch out with the Force and try and make contact with these beings, sending out waves of peace and calm...

Sen will use Friendship +2 [oh boy ] to try and make peaceful contact with them...

"We mean you no harm" Sen will say, "Please come out, we only wish to talk with you if you can understand us..." Hmm, Sen will think, we really should have kept that translator droid around... oh well no use worrying about it now

 

[Jack Haggerty]

Rorworr studies the devices lining the perimeter through the magnification of his electrobinoculars. The enhanced image in the eyepeice shows him a close up of the featureless metal ball sitting atop the pole. Without any external lenses, ports or turrets, the device looks like it would more likely be a sensor array for an alarm system, than an actual active defense system.

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Back near the van, even Arani can feel the faint waves of goodwill radiating from the her Cerean companion. Though it is unlikely in the extreme that any of the natives can understand Basic speech, one of them steps out from behind the bole of a tree.

It it an avioid species slightly less than a meter tall. Covered with slightly iridescent blue and green feathers, its head is creasted by a brilliant display of yellow, orange and red plumage. Both its hands and feet are taloned with sharp claws meant for climbing the tall trees. It carries a short staff festooned with fur, bone, feather and bead fetishes. To match the staff, he wears a headress, necklace and armbands dnagling with similar charms and baubles. Completing the costume, a small satchel is slung over its shoulder to make up for its maked lack of pockets.

The birdling stands beside the tree from behind which it emerged, and cocks its head to one side with a single loud "caw".

 

[Valara Saar]

"I have no idea of their purpouse Rorworr, but we need to get passed them. Lets see what we can do, can you see any of the pirates yet?"

 

[Rorworr]

"I'm guessing it's a sensor array. Could make getting into the camp difficult."

Rorworr scans along the ridge, looking for any signs of the pirates. He also focuses on the ship, trying to determine it's type.

 

[Jack Haggerty]

Rorworr can't see any pirates from this far down the ridge, and probably wouldn't be able to unless they came almost right up to the lip of the ledge.

Neither can the Wookiee determine the exact make of the ship, since only a small portion is visible... Most of which is simply blank, slightly curved hull plates. He does guess, however, that the ship is probably about the size of a typical medium freighter or customs cruiser.

 

[Rorworr]

"No signs of life that I can see, but we're a bit far down." Rorworr places the binoculars back in his pack and moves along the edge of the tree-line to try and get a better view.

 

[Jack Haggerty]

There's three obvious ways for Rorworr to get a better look of the landing field...

He could again climb one of the trees near the forest's edge. Most of them are tall enough to overlook the ledge. Or, he could circle around the pirate base, and look doen into the base from the high side of the hill. Or, finally, he could scramble up the gravelly incline and peek over the edge near the supposed sensor arrays.